A Northumberland man is in a critical condition after being airlifted to hospital this afternoon.
Around 1.45pm today, the Great North Air Ambulance was called to assist paramedics after a man in his 70s became seriously unwell at home in Longwitton.
The patient was treated at the scene by the air ambulance doctor before being flown to a specialist treatment centre at the RVI in Newcastle. The flight took just seven minutes.